HIERONYMUS MICHAEL STANFORTH VICE ADMIRAL, UNSC NAVY SECTOR THREE SPECIES: HUMAN HOMEWORLD: EARTH SERVICE NUMBER: 00834-19223-HS AFFILIATION: UNSC HEIGHT: 5FT 10IN (177.8CM) WEIGHT: 175LBS (79.4KG) BORN: 3 JULY, 2486 DEATH: 30 AUGUST, 2552
VADM Stanforth was the head of ONI Section III during the planning and implementation of the SPARTAN-II program, and was ultimately in charge of all Spartan-field operations early in the Human-Covenant War. After returning to fleet command he continued to support the Spartan project, though his duties turned to bolstering colonial defenses within the Inner Colonies. An able commander who never shied from leading from the front, his fleet was the first to deploy in the defense of Sigma Octanus IV. Though victorious, he would soon be tasked with the impossible: defending Reach itself against the assembled might of the Covenant.